Means for draining the oscillating cylinders of washing-machines



r J. L. COFFIELD. MEANS FOR DRAINING THE OSCILLATING CYLINDERS 0F WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY291 13.19.

1,338, 172, I Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

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J. L. COFFIELD.

MEANS FOR D RAINING THE OSCILLATING CYLINDERS 0F WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, I919.

1,338, 1 72. I Patented Apr. 27, 1920'.

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JAMES L. COFFIELD, or DAYTON, 01110.

MEANS FOR DRAINING THE OSCILLATING CYLINDERS 0F WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters ratent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Application filed May 29, 1919. Serial No. 300,781.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Draining the Oscillating Cylinders of Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to power driven washing machines in which is employed an oscillating clothes receptacle of cylindrical form. As an effective means for maintaining the clothes in an open condition as they slide from one side of the cylinder to the other, or to spread them more or less so that the suds may come in contact with all parts thereof during the oscillations of the clothes receptacle, the said receptacle is provided at its bottom and on the interior thereof with a raised portion or rib which extends longitudinally thereof and divides the cylinder or receptacle into two side chambers or spaces into which the clothes are directed back and forth over said rib, the said rib forming an obstruction that prevents the clothes being rolled into a lump from one side to the other, It is the object of the present improvements to providemeans for draining the opposite sides or chambers of the cylinder or clothes receptacle, thus formed in an effective and complete manner and to avoid any leakage at the drainage point as will hereinafter more fully appear in the description to follow in connection with. the accompanying drawings.

Referring first to the said drawings in general terms, Figure 1 is an end elevationof an oscillating washing cylinder or clothes receptacle to which'my improved drainage featuresare employed. Fig. 2 is a side olevation of .the end of the cylinder shown -in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the end of the oscillating cylinder shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the cylinder being shown in section and parts broken away. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section through the bottom of the cylinder on the line 4.-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 4.

In a more particular description of the improvements and invention, similar reference characters will denote corresponding parts in the several views of the drawings.

L. Corrrnno, a citizen of the United States, residing at end of the cylinder.

Fig. 1 shows an end of an oscillating cylinder -1- pivotally mounted in a suit-- able end-frame consisting of the parts, --2 which are integrally formed or cast in one piece. The said cylinder 1- is divided longitudinally in two chambers --3-3- or clothes spaces by a raised portion or rib 4. which extends longitudinally the length of the cylinder and forms an easy obstruction to the passage of the clothes from one side to the other with the results hereinbefore indicated. In order to drain both sides or chambers --33 of the cylinder from an end thereof, the said sides or chambers are connected at one end by a transverse passageway -5 which is formed by division walls 6' and '7- the latter of which fits against the adjacent The ends of the passageway 5 open through the lower sides of the raised portion 'or rib 4 and said openings are provided with suitable strainers or guards 8 which serve to prevent any of the clothes within the cylinder from entering said passageway 5 while serving to admit freely the water from both sides of the cylinder. Within the passageway 5 a drain or outlet chamber 9- is formed/by a wall 10 which extends inwardly from the outer wall 7- of the passageway '-5-- and thence parallel with said wall '-7. A drain outlet from the chamber -9 is through a nozzle 11- to which a suitable hose or pipe may be attached to convey the water to the waste. The discharge. from the passageway 5- to the drainage chamber -9-- is controlled by a double-acting valve -12-- in one position of which the water is excluded from entering chamber -9 through an opening or port 17- in the wall 10- and in the other position of which valve any leakage made of suitable packing material such as As shown in rubber, leather, fiber, etc. Fig. 4 it is shown in theinner position, the valve stem having been screwed inwardly to close the port or opening 17- through which a communication is effected between the passageway 5- and the drainage chamber 9--. When the said valve is moved out to open the port 17 the stem --13 is screwed out to bring said valvehead 12 in contact with the cap 14:- and thereby seals the opening in said cap through which the stem works in manipulating the valve to drain both sides or chambers of the clothes receptacle. The drainage fixture'described, to be readily accessible and free from interference with the movements of the clothes receptacle is placed at an end of the clothes receptacle and wholly within the confines of the frame 1 so that there will be no interference with the free movement of the' clothes receptacle at any time, and no projections of any kind on the outside of the frame to interfere with the operator.

Having described my invention, I claim:

The combination with an oscillating clothes receptacle divided longitudinally on the interior by a raised portion, a passageway connecting the divided sides of said clothes receptacle, a chamber having a drainage outlet and a drainage inlet, and a valve located in an end of said receptacle and controlling the drainage inlet to said chamber from the passageway connecting the divided sides of said receptacle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAMES L. COFFIELD. 

